Viña Requingua

The winery

Viña Requingua was born in October 1961, when Santiago Achurra Larraín founded it in Sagrada Familia, in the heart of the Curicó Valley; its name means “corner of the winds” in the Mapuche language. The company remains in family hands: Santiago Achurra Hernández, of the second generation, joined in 1981, and Samuel Achurra Montes, of the third, in 2018. The current winery was built in 1990, the first exports of bottled wine followed at the end of that decade, and in 2001 Toro de Piedra reached the market. It takes its name from a sculpture by Palolo Valdés made of stones and forged steel, and it went on to become the house's best-known brand. At the entrance to the estate stands a two-story manor house built in 1858.

Together with the other brands of the Sur Valles group, the winery farms 1,055 hectares across 13 vineyards spread between Casablanca, Maipo, Cachapoal, Colchagua, Curicó, Maule and Itata, according to its 2023 sustainability report; 230 of them are on its own estate, and the Curicó Valley is home to the cellar and the house's flagship vineyard. The winemaking team has been led since 2001 by Frenchman Benoit Fitte. At the top of the range are Laku and Potro de Piedra, a Cabernet Sauvignon with Cabernet Franc that also lends its name to a Brut Nature sparkling wine made from Chardonnay; next comes the Toro de Piedra family, with its Gran Reserva, Rincón de los Vientos and Colección Diamante lines. In 2026 the producer added the Toro de Piedra Ícono Syrah 2021 from Maule, the Huaquén Carménère from Maule Norte, an Edición Limitada (limited edition) marking the brand's 25 years, and two Gran Reserva blends, Mediterráneo and Oceánico.

The winery does not publish guided tours or tastings, so ask before you travel. What is open to the public is its wine shop, on the estate itself, Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:30 and Saturdays from 10:00 to 13:30: it sells the wines by the bottle and by the case, along with dulce de leche and other local products (saladeventas@survalles.com, +56 75 257 7452). To get a feel for the place from afar, the official website links to a virtual tour of the plant, the barrel rooms, the laboratory, a museum room and a lookout point. The wines are also found in supermarkets and specialty stores.